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Skeletal-striated muscle or muscle fibers |
mostly voluntary muscle long & multinucleated(striped) move bone & skin controlled by CNS(motor nerves) |
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Cardiac muscle |
involuntary Branching intercalated discs(dark thick stripes) rythmic(one contracts, they all contract) |
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Smooth muscle |
involuntary non-striated(no stripes) encircle tubes-controls diameter of tube slow to contract & relax regenerates-only muscle that can reproduce |
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Nerve tissue |
electrochemical communication (process info) do not divide when mature separated by a synapse: space which have cells communicate) |
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neuroglia |
non-communicating & reproducing function: to protect & support nerve cells |
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neurons or nerve fibers |
communicating & non reproducing |
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Dendrites |
numerous short projections, receive chemical signals |
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soma |
cell body, holds organelles |
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axon |
long projections that transmit electrical signals |
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synaptic terminal |
enlargements that release chemical signals |
